Michael Lowen
Principal Technologist - Genetics at Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC)
Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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Top SchoolMichael Lowen is a Principal Technologist specializing in genetics with 11 years of software and architecture experience, currently leading architecture and delivery at LIC in New Zealand. He excels at turning monoliths into service-oriented systems, shaping domain models and engineering roadmaps while balancing hands-on development with people leadership. Known for clear communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders, he routinely pairs product-driven design with enabler work to advance platform evolution. His background ranges from frontline .NET development to principal engineering roles, and he brings a practical, improvement-focused mindset—quietly eccentric and family-oriented—into mentoring teams and driving measurable technical progress.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
PgDip, Computer Science, PgDip, Computer Science at The University of Waikato
Stackoverflow
837reputation
181kreached
18answers
2questions
Github Skills (26)
single-page8
coroutines6
concurrency6
coldfusion6
gtk6
linux6
makefile6
chrome-extension6
multithreading6
fibers6
webservice6
algorithm6
single-page-application5
bootstrap5
knockout4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mlowen/knockout-singlepage
May 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:7 releases, 96 commits, 18 PRs in 1 year 1 month
knockoutsingle-pagesingle-page-applicationchrome-extension
mlowen/CommonMark.Editor
Dec 2014 - Nov 2015
Contributions:3 releases, 63 commits, 6 PRs in 11 months
editorbootstrapcommonmark
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